The death penalty.

[rocketpig]

sapphi_snake said:

rocketpig said:

Question for a few of you out there: how do you rationalize pro-choice/anti-death penalty or pro-life/pro-death penalty? Without an incredible amount of moral maneuvering, it doesn't make sense to me.

I'm kind of in the middle (very pro choice, mildly against the death penalty) but only because of financial costs, really. On a morality level, how do you split it down the middle?

It all comes down to whether you consider if a fetus is a human being or not. And whether you consider that a woman should be forced to go through pregancy or not (a very unpleasant and disgusting experience). I don't think I can tell a woman to go through such an ordel if she doesn't want to.

Cocnerning the death penalty, we're talking about an actual human being, not an embryo.

I kinda figured the pro-choice/anti-death penalty crowd would use that reasoning.

On the other hand, how do the pro-life/pro-death penalty advocates defend their stance?